Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) meets with members of the Consolidated Board of Realtists in Los Angeles to discuss opportunities for the African-American real estate community regarding foreclosed properties throughout the area.
Rep. Joyce Beatty (OH) at Public Housing Authorities Directors Association Legislative Form
NAACP members, including Jackson (Jackie) Vaughn, III at right, picket an apartment building at 4762 Second Street in Detroit, Michigan for discriminative housing practices.
Legislative report includes updates on major CBC efforts as well as summaries of Caucus braintrust meetings. Included is a summary of the inaugural meeting of the CBC Housing Braintrust on April 9, 1979. Reps. Parren Mitchell (MD), William Gray (PA) and Del. Walter...
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) participates in a foreclosure prevention workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.
Protesters carry signs demanding decent housing at the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom in Washington, DC. Roy Wilkins, Executive Secretary of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People; A. Philip Randolph, organizer of the...
Rep. Maxine Waters (CA) leads a press conference on the subprime mortgage crisis and how the larger economic downturn disproportionately impacts minority communities. Pictured with her are National urban League President and former New Orleans Mayor Marc Morial (left)...
Sen. Edward Brooke looks over a civil rights bill in his office.
Letters dated August 13, 1985 and November 21, 1985
Rep. Elijah Cummings (MD) participates in a foreclosure prevention workshop in Gwynn Oak, Maryland to provide legal, debt, and credit counseling for people facing foreclosure. The workshop was part of a program started in 2009.
During the 111th Congress (2009-2011), 10 CBC members served on the House Financial Services Committee and worked to secure economic assistance and stabilization for minorities, small business, the unemployed and homeowners. From left: Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (MO),...
Protest in support of fair housing for African Americans. Location unknown.